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HAIR GLIPPER.

No. 351,885. P tented Nov. 2, 1886.

N. PETERS. mlo-Lillwgr ipllen Washingfinn. D4 (2 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN M. PFAUDLER, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

HAIR-CLIPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351.885, dated November 2, 1886.

Application filed May 10, 1886. Serial No. 201,648. (No model.)

which a cam-wheel is used to accelerate the motion of the cutter.

The invention consists in the combination, with the shanks of the clipper, of sockets, said sockets forming bearings, one to I hold the cam-wheel and the other the stud that works in the groove of the cam-wheel, all as hereining, as will be more fully set forth.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view, of the clipper provided with my improvement. Fig. 2 isa side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view similar to Fig. 1, but with the cam-wheel removed to show-the adjustable bearings. Figs. 4 and 5 are enlarged cross-sections, respectively, in lines as w and y y of Figs. 2 and 3.

A indicates the bed-plate, B the cutter, and O Ojthe shanks, of the clipper, all of ordinary construction.

My improvement is as follows:

D and E are two sockets, forming bearings, which slide freely on the shanks G C of. the clipper, and are secured at any adjustment by set-screws a a, which screw up from the bottom against the shanks and fasten them in place. To apply them, the ordinary handles, G G, are removed from the shanks andthe sockets slipped on, after which one or both of the handles can be replaced. The socket D is provided with a vertical stem, b, at its top,

on which restsand turns the cam-wheel E the same being secured by a screw, 0, so that thecam-wheel can be removed at pleasure. The outer socket, E, has a short fixed stud, d, at its top, which forms the bearing that rests in the groove of the cam-wheel. sired, this stud may have a friction-roller.

' The cam-wheel H consists of a flat rim with a series of eccentrics, ffff, and having in its under side a cam'groove, 9, Fig. 5, in which runs the stud d of the socket E. The cam-wheel is operated by a handle, h.. By turning the cam-wheel it will be seen that a -rapid reciprocating motion will be given to the cutter, as many rcciprocations being given in a single turn as there are eccentries on the cam-wheel, which may bemore or less, as necessity requires. When it is desired to give a slow motion or to use the clipper Where the cam-wheel would be in the way, the cam-wheel can be removed by simply removing-the fasteningscrew c, the handle G (shown in dotted lines, Fig. 3) can be applied, and the clipper can be used in the ordinary way of hand-clippers, the sockets D E not interfering with the work. In the use of the cam-wheel the handle G is taken ofi, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3.

The great advantage of the sockets D E is that they adapt the clipper to be used either If dewith or without the cam-wheel, as above described, and they also enable the cam-wheel to be adjusted forward or back on-its shank, and the stud which fits in the groove to also be adjusted forward and back on the other whereby the device isheld and operated, of

two stationary bearings on said shanks, acamwheel attached to one bearing and a stud to the other, engaging with the cam-wheehwhere by several reciprocations can be given to the stud for fitting in the groove of the cam-whee], 1o cutter by one turn of the cam-wheel, as set as set forth.

forth. In witness whereof I have hereunto signed 2. In a hair-clipper, the combination, with my name in the presence of two subscribing 5 the shanks attached to the bed-plate and cutwitnesses.

ter, of sockets that slide on the shanks and JOHN M. PFAUDLER. are secured at any adjustment by set-screws, WVitnesses: one socket having a stem for the fitting of a R. F. OSGOOD,

camwvheci thereon and the other having a P. A. COSTICH. 

